Corporate Governance and Accountability of Financial Institutions

Jonas Abraham Akuffo is trained finance and business management expert, is currently working in strategic finance and pricing in the healthcare industry. He holds a Joint Doctor of Business Administration in Accounting & Finance, an MBA in Finance, a master’s in Business Economics, Finance & Banking, a BA in Economics and has completed his studies in Ghana, England and France. He is also a Fellow of Chartered Management Institute (FCMI). His current research interests include accountability, corporate governance, healthcare financing, strategic corporate finance and management control systems.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – Corporate Governance development: a reaction or deliberate policy thought?.- Chapter 3 – Rethinking of corporate governance in financial institutions: Do we need a new theory?.- Chapter 4 – Walking a fine line: Governance, Accountability Mechanisms and Disclosure Literature.- Chapter 5 – To blame? The less talked about cause of the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis.- Chapter 6 – WHY? Examining and understanding the UK Financial System and its Regulatory Framework for Corporate Governance.- Chapter 7 – A review of Corporate Governance and Accountability Mechanisms in UK Financial Institutions – what is working and what is not?.- Chapter 8 – POWER! Qualitative Corporate Governance disclosures in UK Financial Institutions.- Chapter 9 – The inside scoop – what stakeholders’ think of Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions.- Chapter 10 – A new dawn: Accountable, transparent governance…what practitioners want?.- Chapter 11 - Conclusion.